Black Investing Up, Survey Says Blacks Consider Saving to be #1 Priority - June 1999

Black Investing Up, Survey Says Blacks Consider Saving to be #1 Priority – June 1999

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Findings of a recent study show black Americans are planning to start investing at higher rates than whites. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are excited at future prospects of wealth and prosperity this will create for the ...
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Break the Chains of Big Government: African-American Leadership Network Hopes Black Holiday of Juneteenth Will Promote Independence - June 1999

Break the Chains of Big Government: African-American Leadership Network Hopes Black Holiday of Juneteenth Will Promote Independence – June 1999

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When "Juneteenth" is observed on June 19, the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ask African-Americans everywhere to use the celebration of education, self-development and respect to examine and reassess the reliance of many in the black community ...
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Public School Violence: An Adult Problem, by Mike Green

Public School Violence: An Adult Problem, by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202/543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. School violence in Colorado, ...
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For Our Children's Future, Replace Affirmative Action, by David Almasi

For Our Children’s Future, Replace Affirmative Action, by David Almasi

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Affirmative action doesn't work. Mentoring, on the other hand, is proving to be a smashing success. It truly helps minorities in schools and the workplace without creating the hard feeling bred by quotas. I recently had the pleasure of meeting ...
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Education, Education, Education, by E. LaMay Lathan

Education, Education, Education, by E. LaMay Lathan

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Education can change a life. Given its importance, why are so many black kids steering clear of it like the plague? We can't just blame the kids when teachers, schools, hardships, single-parent households and other things share responsibility. We've provided ...
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Longing for Fathers, by Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson

Longing for Fathers, by Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected],Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I once spoke to approximately ...
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Blacks "Gored" By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis

Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis

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A New Visions Commentary paper published May 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. It is easy to control the minds of a people. All one has to do is change history ...
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African-Americans Are Being Left Behind in the Information Age, by Council Nedd

African-Americans Are Being Left Behind in the Information Age, by Council Nedd

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A 1998 Vanderbilt University study found that 73% of white high school and college students have a computer in their home, yet only 33% of their black peers do. 28% of white Americans with household incomes of less than $40,000 ...
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All Hail the Common Man, by Mike Ramey

All Hail the Common Man, by Mike Ramey

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I have often wondered why commencement speakers are usually someone rich and famous. It seems sad that the day of hearing parting words from a minister, elected official or other worthy speaker has almost disappeared. In the modern view, a ...
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Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans - April 1999

Earth Day No Holiday for Black Americans – April 1999

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Black Leadership Network Faults Anti-Minority Environment Policies Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 find fault with the beliefs and goals of radical environmentalists who are celebrating Earth Day on April 22. These activists regularly promote drastic regulations that ...
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